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Advantages: Low cost, Good features, Ease of use
Disadvantages: Slightly buggy

...being a member of the Cyberlink forum, I'm aware that the main issue raised about PowerDirector is its apparent "buggyness". Tech support appears to release bug fixes quite quickly, but only when many users report the same problem. Usually there is a work-around, and the fact that I and others continue to use the program indicate that the good points out weight the bad. I've tried trail versions of lots of other video editors, and PowerDirector ... Read review

Advantages: Ease of installation and use
Disadvantages: Price and major differences from previous generation of software

...come into contact with old-school Microsoft software - using a laptop from 2002 (that was old for the time!) at home until earlier this year, using Windows 95 (!) at work until this time last year, I was a little apprehensive when it came to changing. My laptop came to a grinding halt in May of this year, meaning a replacement was needed. So far, so good. Then I read the blurb for the huge variety of software options - pretty mid-boggling. Fortunately, ...
...know that it's an official Microsoft product, but come on. I got a "special" deal and still felt ripped off. Installation was incredibly easy and quick. Insert the disc, click a few buttons, wait a few minutes, and away you go. Problem 2. It was then that I realised that the software I had been using for the best part of a decade had been obsolete for some time. How you view Office 2007 will depend to a large extent on how long you used the previous ... Read review

Advantages: colourful, user friendly contains essential early maths and literacy skills
Disadvantages: Slightly annoying Americanisms at times!

Frankie the dog navigates you through 18 different learning activities for Year 1 pupils (5-6 years old). The game includes maths/Literacy/art and music activities and covers the following aspects of Primary National Strategy at year 1. Maths activities include: Addition and subtraction Simple fractions Telling the time Money value Quantities Literacy activities include: Stories and poems reading comprehension Language skills Visual discrimination ...
...Memory and listening As the game starts your child follows Frankie the dog into the schoolhouse, if you are playing for the first time you will be invited to type in your name, if you have played before then simply select it from the drop-down menu at the start. Click on the door knob and follow Frankie into room 1. Frankie is then introduced with the somewhat cheesy song "He's more than a mascot, he'll help you a whole lot. He's really super-silly. ... Read review

Advantages: Creates realistic people posers
Disadvantages: some parts of it can be complicated

...I brought my copy of poser 6 off Amazon uk it was £120.00 so i had to use my birthday money to cover it ,a little worried at what i had paid i hoped i was going to be able to use it ok. It took over a week to arrive bit when it did i was really pleased,the installation info was straight forward and on my laptop it took just over 1 hour to install but my laptop is quite old so this is probably the maximum. Whe the first page came up it was a little ...
...tutorial so i took the poser tutorial on the sotware,i learnt how to move my charecter and how to render it,(put all the adjustments onto my dummy),i still have a awful lot to learn to get faces looking real and i need to learn how to grow hair on my dummy but on the whole im really pleased with what this program does even though i wont be using it for animation,i do think even though £120.00 is lower than the rrp it was alot for this product but ... Read review

Advantages: Good applications
Disadvantages: On DVD

Microsoft Works Suite 2002. Containing useful applications like Picture It, Autoroute 2002, Microsoft Word, Works, Encarta and Money 2002. I've found Microsoft Word incredibly useful. Not only because if you have Word installed then you can spell check emails created in Outlook Express, but also the templates for Jewel Cased CD's. Picture It and Autoroute have also been useful applications to my PC. I can't really comment on Money or Encarta but ...
...the task manager. The downside of the Word Pro is that you get a red line if you spell Colour the English (UK) way, likewise with realise etc. Etc. The other downside is that is on DVD which is not much good if you don't have a PC/Laptop with a DVD drive. The other thing was there was no manual supplied with this. ... Read review